Colleges with the most overall No. 1 picks in NFL draft history – NCAA.com

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Southern California QB Caleb Williams became the latest No. 1 overall pick when the Chicago Bears selected him with the top pick in the 2024 NFL draft. He’s the sixth Trojan to go No. 1 — the most for any school.
Last year, Alabama QB Bryce Young became the second No. 1 overall pick in Crimson Tide history and the first since 1948.
In 2022, Georgia DE Travon Walker became the fifth Georgia player to go No. 1 overall, then tying the mark for most by a school.
In 2021, Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence went No. 1 to the Jaguars. In 2020, the Cincinnati Bengals took Joe Burrow with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft. Burrow, who won the 2019 Heisman Trophy, became the third LSU player to be drafted No. 1 overall.
 Here are the schools with the most No. 1 selections since the NFL Draft began in 1936:
In total, 51 different schools have had a player selected No. 1 overall in the NFL draft. Travon Walker’s selection in 2022 ended a string of four quarterbacks in a row as top picks, including Oklahoma starters two years in a row (Baker Mayfield in 2018 and Kyler Murray in 2019).
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Anthony Chiusano is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and has been with Turner Sports since 2016. He has covered numerous NCAA championship events, including the FCS Championship and College World Series.
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